{"id":54258,"date":"2022-08-23T21:22:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-first-trailer-for-netflixs-lou-lets-allison-janney-go-full-john-wick\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T21:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:22:56","slug":"the-first-trailer-for-netflixs-lou-lets-allison-janney-go-full-john-wick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-first-trailer-for-netflixs-lou-lets-allison-janney-go-full-john-wick\/","title":{"rendered":"The first trailer for Netflix’s Lou lets Allison Janney go full John Wick"},"content":{"rendered":"
Allison Janney has always been a badass, from her fierce, no-nonsense performance as press secretary and eventual chief of staff CJ Cregg on The West Wing <\/em>to a long string of similarly frank and forceful roles in movies from The Help<\/em> to I, Tonya<\/em>. But Netflix’s upcoming movie Lou <\/em>finds a new kind of role for her, as the kind of \u201csecret ass-kicker with a sordid, submerged past\u201d character that movies like John Wick <\/em>and Nobody<\/em> <\/em>have made into a screen staple over the past decade-plus. <\/p>\n Janney stars in a story that looks mighty familiar from the Liam Neeson hit taken <\/em>and the infinite copycats that followed: When each neighbor’s young daughter is kidnapped, she hits the trail with a very particular set of skills, determined to get the girl back. That alone might not sound like enough of a draw in an era where the plot-light female-led action movie is also becoming a screen staple: Just look at last year’s crop, including Kate<\/em>, Gunpowder Milkshakes<\/em>, jolt<\/em>and The Protege<\/em>or this year’s medieval-martial-arts blowout The Princess<\/em>. <\/p>\n But just watch the new trailer for the movie, and see if it isn’t startlingly convincing. It feels like a natural extension of Janney’s familiar screen persona: Her ability to go hard, dominant, and in control over any interaction melds well with confident, devastating violence. As her neighbor, Jurnee Smollett (Black Canary from Birds of Prey<\/em>) brings a softer touch to the story, but still comes across as protective and determined. <\/p>\n Director Anna Foerster has a lot of experience with action, from the 2016 movie Underworld: Blood Wars <\/em>to episodes of Jessica Jones<\/em>, Westworld<\/em>and outlander<\/em>. She was the second-unit director on Aeon Flux<\/em> and on Roland Emmerich’s The Day After Tomorrow<\/em> and 10,000 BC<\/em>. But for in-the-know action fans, the real draw of this trailer may be Janney’s fight against Daniel Bernhardt, the longtime stuntman\/henchman who trained Bob Odenkirk to fight for Nobody<\/em>. Bernhardt is a mainstay of movie fight sequences, from The Matrix Reloaded<\/em> to John Wick <\/em>to logan<\/em>, Hobbs & Shaw<\/em>and Birds of Prey,<\/em> and his presence on a movie like Lou<\/em> generally means the star is going to look great while whaling the tar out of him. <\/p>\n